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birthday party stories: 17 news summaries

No Appearance Fee? Heidi Skips Sister's Birthday

Parties have to pay for Speidi—no exceptions

Oct 21, 09 4:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - It may be a new low for Heidi Montag—the Hills star refused to go her sister Holly’s birthday party this weekend because Empire Hollywood, the host of the party, wouldn’t pay her an appearance fee. "Holly was really wishing that her sister could just be a... More »

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celebrity • appearances • birthday party • Heidi Montag

 Carla Bruni to Sing 
 at Mandela's Birthday 

French first lady will perform at Mandela's 91st birthday celebration

Jul 15, 09 4:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Carla Bruni-Sarkozy will sing this weekend at Nelson Mandela’s birthday party, her first public performance since becoming the first lady of France, reports AFP. The former South African leader will celebrate his 91st birthday Saturday at New York City's Radio City Music Hall, and Bruni won't be the only... More »

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music • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • South Africa • birthday • Nelson Mandela • birthday party • Carla Bruni

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 Tai Shan Turns 4  


Jul 9, 09 4:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tai Shan, the giant panda who captivated the world as a cub, turned 4 today and celebrated with a huge birthday cake only an animal could love. The three-tiered concoction was a frozen medley of water, beet juice, shredded beets, and bamboo, WTOP reports. Tai Shan, who is now considered... More »

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Washington DC • birthday • mammals • panda • vegetarianism • birthday party • National Zoo • pandas • panda diplomacy • giant pandas • Tai Shan • Tian Tian • Mei Xiang

 Miami Man Kills 4 
 in Murder-Suicide 

Suspect set own house and truck ablaze

Mar 15, 09 5:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - A furious Miami man gunned down four people at a birthday party today, including his estranged wife and daughter, before setting his house and truck ablaze and killing himself, the Miami Herald reports. He also killed his mother-in-law and his daughter’s boyfriend at the party, where he showed up... More »

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crime • Miami • murder-suicide • death • birthday party • killings • shooting • fire

 Diamonds Get 
 Brown Closer 
 to Rihanna 

Brown goes overboard wishing Rihanna happy birthday

Feb 23, 09 9:37 AM CST
(Newser) - Chris Brown showered Rihanna with gifts and called to wish her a happy 21st birthday Friday, the New York Daily News reports. “He knows he’s very much in the doghouse right now, and is doing everything he can to show her how sorry he is,” a source... More »

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domestic violence • celebrity • assault • birthday party • Rihanna • physical abuse • Chris Brown

(Newser) - An Army mechanic stationed in Iraq surprised his son by popping out of an oversize present at the boy’s 6th birthday party, the Nevada Appeal reports. Casey Hurles hadn’t seen son Gabriel since June; when he learned his leave would coincide with the birthday, he hatched a... More »

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US military • soldier • father • Nevada • birthday party • son • leave • surprise

 'Party' With a 
 Backstreet 
 Boy—for 
 Just $15! 

Nick throws birthday bash in Canada

Jan 30, 09 10:27 AM CST
(Newser) - Always wanted to party with the celebs, but just don’t have the cash? Head to Toronto, where you can celebrate Nick Carter’s birthday and virtually dormant music career with the Backstreet Boy himself, Perez Hilton reports. Tickets to the high-profile event are a mere $15, or $20 at... More »

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Canada • celebrity • birthday • birthday party • Toronto • Backstreet Boys • Nick Carter

(Newser) - It's no coincidence that 15% of recent Somali refugees to the US share a birthday today. Aid workers often assign Jan. 1 when a birth date is unavailable, as is often the case in war-ravaged and disaster-ridden countries or cultures that don't celebrate birthdays. American rituals seem especially peculiar to... More »

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Somalia • United States • birthday • refugee • birthday party • humanitarian workers • New Year


 Tom Sweetens 
 Katie's 30th 
 With Surprise 

Hubby couldn't be on Broadway, so he sent a mountain of sugar in his place

Dec 19, 08 10:25 AM CST
(Newser) - Aw, isn't this sweet: Katie Holmes turned 30 yesterday, and Tom Cruise—who was attending his Valkyrie premiere in LA—sent a towering birthday cake to a Broadway theater in his place, People reports. Holmes, who’s starring in All My Sons, was surprised when the five-tiered pastry was rolled... More »

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Tom Cruise • Broadway • Katie Holmes • birthday • birthday party • John Lithgow • Suri Cruise • All My Sons • celebrity marriage

 For 'Sweet 16,'
 Miley Conquers
 Disneyland 

Rumored beau performs with Cyrus' dad

Oct 6, 08 12:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - The invitations to Miley Cyrus’ "Sweet 16" bash must have carried a curious message: Skip the gift, bring $250 in cash. But 5,000 fans ponied up for last night's star-studded celebration at Disneyland, E! reports. Guests (presumably nonpaying) included Jennifer Love Hewitt and Miley's reported beau Justin... More »

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birthday party • Hannah Montana • Miley Cyrus • Billy Ray Cyrus • Disneyland • Jennifer Love Hewitt • Justin Gaston

Don't Expect Dora at Your Kid's Party

Copyright holders crack down on use of TV character costumes

Jul 22, 08 3:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Want to book Elmo for your kid’s birthday party? Better expect “Big Red Tickle Monster” instead, the Wall Street Journal reports. Corporations that control the use of children’s entertainment characters are targeting costume-rental services that offer unauthorized versions of their cash cows, resulting in lawsuits, grotesque lookalikes,... More »

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television • lawsuit • birthday party • Nickelodeon • children's show • costume • Dora the Explorer

 Quebec City Celebrates 400th 

Officials pay tribute to Canada's 'most beautiful city,' weather notwithstanding

Jul 3, 08 5:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Canadians celebrated the 400th birthday of Quebec City today, the Toronto Globe and Mail reports. In a rain-drenched ceremony, Prime Minister Stephen Harper praised the adventurous Quebecois spirit and the city—“the most beautiful city in Canada, the most enchanting"—where explorer Samuel de Champlain landed on July... More »

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Canada • birthday • Stephen Harper • birthday party • celebration • Quebec • Samuel de Champlain

 $50K to Host This Guy's Party?

Entourage star Grenier shopping birthday bash to clubs, source tells Post

Jun 30, 08 11:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - His rep denies it, but Entourage star Adrian Grenier is said to be “shopping” rights to host his birthday party to various Hamptons hotspots: "He's been asking clubs for $50,000 for the honor,” a source told the New York Post. Grenier apparently knows how to put... More »

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television • celebrity • Entourage • birthday party • Hamptons • Adrien Grenier

 Suri's Birthday Tab: $100K 

Butterflies are the day's theme ... and TomKat spring for 1,000 live ones

Apr 23, 08 8:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes certainly upgraded from last year's piñatas-and-pizza party for daughter Suri's first birthday, spending $100,000 to celebrate her second last Friday. The event's 24 guests each got their own designer cake (shaped like a hat, with a butterfly and a daisy on the brim),... More »

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Tom Cruise • Katie Holmes • celebrity • birthday party • Suri Cruise

Tampa Cops Tase Brawling Pitcher

Reyes gets punched and spits up blood on birthday bender

Apr 11, 08 8:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Police Tased Rays pitcher Al Reyes twice today in a Tampa, Fla. bar before arresting him for unlawful violence, the St. Petersburg Times reports. Cops say Reyes was celebrating his birthday when he picked a fight, took a punch, and "began to spit blood on the people in... More »

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police • pitcher • St. Petersburg • birthday party • Taser • Tampa Bay Rays • Al Reyes

 Cruise Busts
Moves  in
 Birthday Video 

Footage of ship-board birthday party shows Cruise's wild side

Mar 14, 08 8:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - The lock on Scientology's media vault must be missing. Gawker has obtained "secret video" of a lavish birthday bash thrown for church booster Tom Cruise on board a cruise ship, in which the couch-jumper enters to theme music from Top Gun, and sings and dances through Old Time Rock ... More »

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Scientology • Tom Cruise • online videos • birthday party • cruise ships • Gawker • viral video • David Miscavige • Freewinds

Vegas Club
Pays Big Bucks For K-Fed Bash

He may get $175K
for going to his own birthday party

Mar 13, 08 10:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Kevin Federline is so money he's being paid by Pure Nightclub in Las Vegas to show up to his own birthday party, the New York Post 's Page Six reports. Britney Spears' ex, better known as K-Fed, will get six figures—perhaps as much as $175,000—for giving the... More »

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Britney Spears • Kevin Federline • Las Vegas • celebrity • birthday party • K-Fed • Pure Nightclub

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